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PETER M. - Get Up And Dance (1985)

Atlantic/WEA, ATH4060

Producer: Thokoza Memela

Engineer: Dave Segal

Recorded at: RPM Studios

Fantastic mid-80s disco-soul driven by synth melodies and funky basslines. Typical of the early bubblegum years, songs contain escapist English lyrics ('Get Up And Dance', 'Shake Your Body', 'Let's Go Dancing') and the influences are all American. Produced by Thokoza Memela (Fani S'Khosana, Bibi Msomi) and released on the Atlantic imprint, rare in SA for local releases ahead of the subsequent rise of WEA (Warner Elektra Atlantic), later renamed Tusk.